The Scotrenewables Tidal Power SR2000 2.2MW floating tidal turbine has hit 1GW of tidal energy in record time at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) in Orkney.
The floating turbine has managed to clock up over 1GW in the record time of less than 16 weeks.
Back in May the firm announced the success of the SR2000’s 18MWh continuous 24-hour testing.
Andrew Scott, chief executive officer of Scotrenewables Tidal Power said: “This is an astonishing achievement by our technology and by the Scotrenewables team who have worked so hard to make it happen.”
“I’m comfortable in highlighting we have had a small number of outages within this period, including where we have had to make maintenance interventions but, because of the accessible nature of our technology, we have been able to respond to these quickly and with very low cost vessels, validating the engineering approach we have pioneered here at Scotrenewables.”
Launching last year from the Harland and Wolf shipyard in Belfast, the SR2000 was then towed to the Orkney Islands where it quickly set a world record with the highest export level from a tidal turbine of 2.2MW.
Neil Kermode, managing director of EMEC, said: “It is exhilarating to witness the unprecedented performance of Scotrenewables’ tidal turbine. It is clear and demonstrable progress for the team, but it is also progress for this exciting and innovative sector as a whole as it moves towards commercialisation.”
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